Names From the Bible - A Waymarking.com Category

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Names From the Bible

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Description:: Find a geographic place or feature that is named after a person, place or thing mentioned in the Bible.

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From Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to Moses Lake, Washington, the world is full of places that take their names from the Bible. This category collects them!

Locate a place or landmark with a biblical name found in the Old Testament or the New Testament. Eligible waymark examples include cities, towns, villages, mountains, hills, lakes and rivers. Ineligible things include buildings (we don't want to waymark every single church named after a Saint), cemeteries (see above, plus there's separate categories for them), statues of biblical figures (there are other categories for statues) and signs/ street signs. (unless relating to the eligible landmark, like a "Welcome to Nazareth" sign). It is OK if the word "New" is added to the Bible name, as in "New Canaan, CT" or "New Galilee."

Optional: do some research on your place or landmark to find out how it received its name. Was the river named by a missionary who was an early explorer in the area, or is its biblical name just a coincidence?

Next, do as much or as little Bible research as you would like to do. We ask that, at a minimum, you include a citation to at least one passage in the Bible where the namesake of your discovered landmark is mentioned. If you want to do more, you are welcome to write up a complete description of the person, place or thing's role in the Bible.

Here's an example for citing a Bible passage. For the town of Jericho, New York, find the main entry, where "Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, and the walls came tumbling down." Cite that passage as: Joshua 6:1-20.

Please do not go crazy with lots of waymarks for very common names (John, Daniel, Mary, etc.) Save these common names for geographic features clearly tied to the biblical figure. We reserve the right to cut you off when we feel you've had too many. Friends don't let friends waymark uncontrollably.

Finally, please note: This is NOT a category that's just for people who are religious. You can treat the Bible just like any other book, and treat this category like it was "Names from Shakespeare's Plays." Nobody's forcing you to read the Bible or adopt any beliefs. Thanks to the internet, the Bible is fully searchable online. You only need to read the excerpts returned in the search results. There, that wasn't so bad, was it?

Instructions for Posting a Names From the Bible Waymark:

For your waymark's name, please use the name of the location you found -- not just its biblical namesake. Example: "Phillipi, West Virginia."

For your waymark's coordinates, please choose anything logical. For a river, you could choose a sign next to a bridge going over the river. For a town, you could choose coordinates at the town hall, or at a welcome sign on a main highway entering the town.

Please include a citation to one or more Bible verses that mention the person, place or thing that shares a name with your waymark. We recommend the online Bible search engine at Bible Gateway.

Please categorize your waymark as being named after a biblical person (Mary, Moses), a biblical place (Bethlehem, Nazareth), or a biblical thing (Mt. Sinai, the River Jordan).

Please post one or more photographs that illustrate your waymark and show its connection to the Biblical location.

Instructions for Visiting a Waymark in this Category:

Photos of the visitor with the waymarked feature in the background are strongly encouraged. If you're camera shy, nice photos of just the waymark target are fine.

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view gallery 0 km	Corinth, Texas in Names From the Bible Named after the city where the church to which Paul wrote 2 letters was located. posted by: Web-ling location: Texas date approved: 1/10/2010 last visited: 10/6/2014
view gallery E46.3 km	St. Paul, TX in Names From the Bible Previously called "Dump," St. Paul, TX, was named for the St. Paul Catholic Church established here in 1856. There is not much left of St. Paul today but a rural community, the old cemetery, and the town hall, at 2505 Butscher's Block. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 4/2/2015 last visited: never
view gallery NW63.9 km	Uz Community - Montague County, TX in Names From the Bible A Texas Historical Marker stands on the site of the now-vanished Uz Community, in Montague County, TX. It and a nearby "Uz Road" are the only reminders of the community's existence. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 11/13/2014 last visited: 11/13/2014
view gallery SW82.9 km	Joshua - Texas in Names From the Bible The City of Joshua, Texas. posted by: Geojeepsters location: Texas date approved: 4/23/2010 last visited: 8/31/2013
view gallery S85.9 km	Mizpah Gate - Southwestern Adventist University - Keene, TX in Names From the Bible The Mizpah Gate stands at the southern entrance to the campus of Southwestern Adventist University. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Texas date approved: 11/28/2013 last visited: never